Academic writing for publication in higher education is cognitively and linguistically complex. University students grapple with academic writing for publication because of academic genre/convention, linguistic competence, and academic literacy among others. For this reason, a learning environment does matter. The Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is a learner-controlled environment for language learning. To examine this issue, a qualitative study with an action research design conducted with 28 graduate students as participants. The three main findings: (1) ways of encouraging students to write academic writing for publication through the personal learning environment as a learning platform; (2) implementing PLE's in the academic writing for publication course: content knowledge consideration; and (3) implementing PLE's in the academic writing for publication course: pedagogical consideration. In general, the findings indicate that PLE gives positive impacts on emerging students' academic writing for publication in the context of higher education. The educational organization needs to consider this issue. Keywords: Action research, academic writing for publication, learning autonomy, personal learning environment

Preventing global warming through advertisement is considered as potential appeal. Since advertisement became one of material taught in the school, the importance not only affects the citizen but also influences how the teachers deliver the material by advertisement media. This study aimed at analyzing 4 non-profit public service advertisements and investigating how governments or advertisers use discourse and semiotics to encourage people to commit global warming avoidance. The four advertisements analyzed are global warming advertisements which have been selected from government�s official website. The methodology adopted in this study is qualitative method. The advertisement is analyzed qualitatively in terms of content. Later on some English teachers have been interviewed to illustrate the implication of advertisement in pedagogical activities. This research finds that the teachers with their foresights can enlighten hidden values in public service advertisements.

Personal learning environment (PLE) connects the formal and informal learning of the learners by utilizing both digital and non-digital tools. This concept is believed to be able to support the process of learning Scientific Writing because to construct an article is not enough relying on formal learning and a single tool provider. This paper reports the implementation as well as the tools used and impact of getting engaged in PLE for learning Scientific Writing. The research was conducted qualitatively in narrative inquiry analysis while the data was collected through observation, questionnaire and in-depth interview. The participant was a graduate student majoring English Education department having experienced making a scientific journal. The learner admitted that collaborating both digital and non-digital tools is very meaningful, however the use of digital tools apparently more efficient as supported by Reinders (2014) to support different aspects of the learning process. This study is beneficial for ELT classroom, specifically for academic writing class where Scientific Writing is one of mandatory subject being taught by the lecturer. The tools revealed in the finding can be references for EFL learners to be applied in constructing Scientific Writing.